Behind the plugins: LTG interviews the Kuassa Teknika team

We love the team at Kuassa. They’re cool cats and they build some of the best guitar-centric plugins out there (the Amplifikation Creme is a particular favourite). So we decided to track them down (to Indonesia) to find out more. Chairman and CTO Arie Ardiansyah and CEO Grahadea Kusuf were kind enough to answer our…

Interview: Alex from Audio Assault

The cool cats at Audio Assault are pretty good at making kick-ass plugins that don’t break the bank. From smashing metal amps to distortion and compression effects – to the recent release of the mighty HellBeast – we like their style, so we thought it was time to interview them. We’re in New Zealand however…

Interview: Luis Herranz from TrainYourEars

Ear training is an important part of being a musician, bedroom producer or music lover. One of the best tools for frequency training specifically is TrainYourEars, made by the very talented Luis Herranz (check out our recent review here). We cornered Luis recently to pick his brains about all things ear training/softwarey and he was nice enough…

Interview: Soft-Amps Plugin creator Alexander Petrov-Savchenko

When it comes to the plugin producers out there who are cool enough to give their stuff away for free, they don’t get much cooler than Alexander Petrov-Savchenko, better known as AXP, better known still as the juicy brain behind Soft-Amp. Over the years he’s released some stone-cold killer guitar plugins: The sweet Marshall Guv’nor-clone, the SoftDrive; the…

Interview: Plugin developers Evil Sound Lab

KVR’s 2016 Developer Challenge is on again (check out all the entries here) and among the hopefuls are the bright sparks at Evil Sound Lab, creators of the meaty Malefica virtual high-gain distortion pedal. We liked the sound of their pedal sim and thought it might be worthwhile to pick their brains about things laptop-guitar-ey, so…